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If you set an element's style to display:none, you'll see that the image is entirely gone. When the page has finished loading (including images), the content at the sides of the images will be pushed aside or down, because at first the image was completely gone. By using visibibility:hidden and a IE5.01 hack you'll always have the space you need, without pushing content out of the way.